Old English Translator

Old English to Modern English Translator

Old English is a precursor of the Modern English language. Spoken between the 5th and 12th century in areas of what is now England and southern Scotland.
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Translating Old English to Modern English

To use the translator, all you have to do is Click on the 'Translator' button on the left and type (or copy/paste) a word into the area to the right of "Word to translate" and click / press the 'Old English > Modern English' button and the results will then be displayed.

Note - accents should take the form é not ē . Words can be entered directly including æ þ ð characters EG ofþryccaþ. Alternatively .ae will be substituted with æ, .th with þ, and .dh with ð. So ofþryccaþ could be written of.thrycca.th

For example, if you paste in the word: ofþryccaþ and click on the 'Old English > Modern English' button, you get the following results:

ofþryccan Weak wv/t1a to press squeeze oppress afflict repress destroy occupy forcibly
Verb	Present Tense	Preterite Tense
Indicative
Sg. 1	ic i ofþrycce	ic i ofþryccede
2	þu you ofþryccest	þu you ofþryccedest
3	he/hit/heo he/it/she ofþrycceþ	he/hit/heo he/it/she ofþryccede
Pl.	we/ge/hie we/ye/they ofþryccaþ	we/ge/hie we/ye/they ofþryccedon
Subjunctive
Sg.	ofþrycce	ofþryccede
Pl.	ofþryccen	ofþrycceden
Participles present participle (...ing) / past participle (...ed)
	ofþryccende	geofþrycced
Imperative (direct command)
Sg.	ofþrycce
Pl.	ofþryccaþ
Inflected Infinitive
to ofþryccan

You can see that ofþryccaþ is derived from ofþryccan and relates to the present indicative plural case and the Imperative plural case.

If you paste in the word: éðelcyninges, you get the following results:

éðelcyning Strong Masculine Noun king of the land a country’s king
éðelcyning	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(the/that se) éðelcyning	(the/those þá) éðelcyningas
Accusative	(the/that þone) éðelcyning	(the/those þá) éðelcyningas
Genitive	(the/that þæs) éðelcyninges	(the/those þára) éðelcyninga
Dative	(the/that þæm) éðelcyninge	(the/those þæm) éðelcyningum

You can see that the supplied word is in red and is in the genitive singular.

Modern English to Old English.

To use the translator, all you have to do is Click on the Translator link on the left and type (or copy/paste) a word into the area to the right of "Word to translate" and click / press the 'Modern English > Old English' button. The Old English equivalent of Modern English words where the search word is found is the description are shown. Click here to find what out what Nominative, Accusative, Genitive and Dative mean.

For example, type 'land' in and click on 'Modern English to Old English'!